COM. v. FULTZ


478 Pa. 207 (1978)

386 A.2d 513

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William FULTZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Kagle, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Charles A. Klein, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, William Fultz, was tried by a judge sitting with a jury and was convicted of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

The facts are as follows. At approximately 9:00 p.m. on December 12, 1974, Maryann O'Bryant was walking in the 3100 block of West Page Street, Philadelphia. She saw Gary Johnson walk to the...

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